Love Prison
By Melissa Camacho,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Online couples meet up for week of solitude; drama ensues.
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What's the Story?
Each episode of the reality series LOVE PRISON features couples who've shared an online relationship for months or even years and are now spending a week together to see if their relationship is the real thing. The catch? Right before they meet, they learn that they're expected to spend the week in a house on an isolated island for 23 hours a day without electronic devices, entertainment, or anything else but food, furniture, and each other. Forty remote cameras capture their every move in the house and the one hour they have to spend outside. With the exception of a single phone call, they are not allowed any contact with the outside world. Producers occasionally communicate with them via a TV monitor located in the living room. Thanks to spending so much time together, and to the excerpts of revealing interview footage that are periodically aired on the living room screen, the couples learn some surprising details about each other. At the end of the week they must decide if they're going to continue their relationship or if they're going to call it quits.
Is It Any Good?
The voyeuristic reality show offers a mildly entertaining look at what happens when people who've only interacted with each other through phone calls, texts, instant messages, and social media sites are forced to spend time together in person and get to know one another. The result is a show that's full of tension-filled moments, occasional arguments, and lots of all-around awkwardness.
Some viewers will not be surprised by the disappointment some cast members experience when things don't work out they way they had hoped. But audiences who actively participate in online dating and remote relationship-building will find themselves being reminded that the way people appear online may not resemble who they are in real time.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about some of the benefits and challenges that come with online dating. Would you consider yourself in a relationship with someone you'd never met in person, even if you contacted that person every day through digital media? How should you protect yourself when you're interacting with people online?
How do different generations react to the idea of people meeting romantic partners online?
TV Details
- Premiere date: September 8, 2014
- Network: A&E
- Genre: Reality TV
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: February 5, 2023
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